Missing Hiker Found

[Kryptonite]

http://www.timescourier.com/v2/content.aspx?ID=51900&MemberID=1252

Looks like some of you were right. Guy was no where near hiking the Appalachian Trail. Dude was found in Cherokee County in a home with another resident.

[kayak karl]

ami right that he "fled" ?

[Water Rat]

ami right that he "fled" ?

Yup. That's what it said. Dude - Just pick up the phone and call your family!

[Maddog]

What a tool! Maddog:D

[HikerMom58]

Good to know! :)

[Wise Old Owl]

17027It never gets old ..... It's wrong but you laughed at it! -

17028

[horicon]

What?????? Why was he running?

[Wise Old Owl]

was with another woman.

[Rasty]

was with another woman.

New trail name! The Governor!

[ChinMusic]

New trail name! The Governor!

seconded......

[moocow]

in a way i'm glad he was found. in a way i'm pissed off that he's had so many loved ones stressed out looking for him, not to mention the volunteer man hours, and he's been kicking back and having a few.

[moocow]

sorry about that last post. he looked like the guy that went missing in the smokies in march?. i think this is a different guy.

[mfleming]

in a way i'm glad he was found. in a way i'm pissed off that he's had so many loved ones stressed out looking for him, not to mention the volunteer man hours, and he's been kicking back and having a few.

He's probably not to happy about being reported missing too :)

[Don H]

There are two people missing in the Newfound Gap area of the Smokys in March, Derek Leuking and Michael Cocchini.
Neither have been found as far as I can tell from searching news articles.
The latest thing I found on them was from March 26.
http://hikinginthesmokys.blogspot.com/2012/03/two-searches-for-missing-men-scaled.html

[Firefighter503]

I went to high school with Derek, his family is still searching for him. There is a FB group if you want to keep up with it. He left a note saying don't come looking. I say let him be.

[mfleming]

Any update?